Health officials informed the public on Tuesday that a person with a confirmed case in measles had traveled Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month.
The person, an infant from the County of Orange, arrived at the Tom Bradley international terminal of the airport after a trip abroad aboard the Kal11 / Ke11 Korean flight on February 19, according to health officials of the Public Health Department of the County of Los Angeles and the Health Care Agency of Orange.
Now they decrease that anyone was at Terminal B that day between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Center of an epidemic in the United States.
Public health officials are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention American to inform any passengers who could be seated in specific seats on the same flight as the infant, as this can have increased his risk of exposure to the disease.
OCHCA officials said there were no additional known community exhibitions beyond Lax.
Anyone who can have come into contact with the child is invited to confirm his vaccination status or his vaccination possible by an earlier infection. Those who are not immune are at risk of contracting measles between a week and three weeks from the exhibition, officials said.
“Measles is a serious respiratory disease that is easily spreading in air and surfaces, especially in people who are not already protected,” said Dr. Muntu Davis, health manager of the County of Los Angeles. “A person can spread the disease to others before having symptoms, and he can take seven to 21 days for symptoms to appear after exposure.”
Davis continued to note that the disease is particularly dangerous for vulnerable people such as young children and older adults.
“The best way to protect yourself and your family against infection is the vaccine against very effective measles,” said Davis statement.
The current symptoms of measles include a high fever, a flowing nose, a cough, tiny white spots inside the mouth, red and / or aqueous eyes and an eruption that develops within five days of other signs of illness. It generally tarts the face and then spreads to the rest of the body.
The Department of Public Health of the County of Los Angeles said that there had been 93 confirmed cases of measles across the United States this year, but that the number is probably higher due to Epidemics in Texas and New Mexico.